River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-10
THE ST. PAUL SYSTEM.
An Interesting Chapter of Northwes
Railway History.

Railway History.
An eight-page circular containing
an .outline history" of the Chicago.
Ali Haukee * st. Paul railway has been
compiled by the passenger department
of that road. 1t traces the history of
the company through its different stages
up to the present. time. The company
was organized May 5, 1868, as the
Milwaukee a ST. Paul railway company,
OH the foreclosure of the west half of
the La Crosse X Milwaukee railroad.
Feb. IL. 1874. its name was changed to
the Chicago, Milwaukee * 81. Paul
Railway company
The La Crosse x Milwaukee hail
road company was originally chartered
in 1852; in 1854 il was consolidated
with the Milwaukee. Fond du Lac n
/ Green Bay, chartered in 1898, which
/ had been previously consolidated with
/ the Milwaukee Il Fond du Lac, char
/ tered i'm 1852.
The Milwaukee n WATERFOWL, chart
cred in 1851, was also consolidated
with the La Crosse * Milwaukee in
/ 1856. The Wa:crt0Wn division Of the
4 La Crosse road was subsequently, sold
To the Milwaukee. Fond du Lac and
/ Lake Michigan Railroad company.
chartered in 1870. which last road was
/ consolidated with the Watertown Il
Madison railrCad, chartered in l S53, and
I its name changed 10 the Milwaukee.
WATERFOWL x Baraboo Valley Railroad
company, and subsequently to the Mil
waukee 4 Western This road was
/ sold to the Milwaukee IL ST. Paul short
/ " after its organization in 1868.
The Milwaukee & Horizon railroad.
/ incorporated in 1852, was foreclosed
and purchased by Washington Hunt
snd Russell Sage in 1868, and 10y them
transferred to the Milwaukee and St
/ Paul in June. 1868.
The Ripon Il Wolf River road chart
cred i'm 1870. was also foreclosed, and
| sold L. the Milwaukee X ST. Paul rail
way company in 1868.
| The Milwaukee Il Prairie du Chen
division of the company was originally
! chartered as the Milwaukee x Wauke-
Sha railroad in lS47; was subsequently
consolidated with the Madison q
/ Prairie du Chen railroad. chartered in
1852, and its name changed to the Mil
waukee Il Mississippi railroad. and was
afterwards consolidated with the
/ Southern Wisconsin railroad. extending
from Milton, through GAINESVILLE, on
Monroe. This road was forecloSed it
1861, and reorganized a the Milwau-
| kee * Prairie du Chen railroad, and in
1865 was sold TO the Milwaukee IL St.
Paul Railway company, and has since
constituted the Milwaukee ~ Prairie du
Chen division of that road.
The Chicago division. from Milwah-
kee To Chicago, was constructed that
portion in Wisconsin in the name of the
Wisconsin Union Railroad company.
and that part in Illinois by the Chica-
go. Milwaukee Il ST Paul Railway
company of Illinois, and transferred To
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway company-in 1872, and open
Ell for business in the spring of 1873.
During the year the following extern
sions were built and opened for traffic;
Glencoe MINI, to Hutchinson. Mimi,
1873 miles; Andover, ID. r., to Harlem
ID. L %. o: Glendale. ID. T., TO Bowdle,
d. r., 3O.5; Mitchell. d. f. to Scotland,
ID. T., AZ; Trip, ID. T., to Armour,
ID. r.. 20; Madison. ID. T.. to Lake
Preston, ID. T.. sos; Sioux City, Iowa,
to Rodney, Iowa, 37.2; Stulta. Iowa,
to Elkader, Iowa, As; and Calvary.
ILL.,. to Evanston, H.. 1.S-a total of
1862 miles. There was also under
construction at the close Of 1886 about
600 miles. all of which is to be con-
structed in 1887
The first line through to ST. Paul and
Minneapolis from the east or south was
the extension of the McGregor Western
in connection with the Minnesota Cen
trail railway-west of the Mississippi
river-and the Milwaukee x Prairie du
Chen division east of the river.
The total mileage of the road in OPP
Grafton at the end of 1886 was j.2O1 A
divided among the different states rs
follows: Illinois. 32l; Wisconsin. l.
22O; Iowa. l.46O; Minnesota. l,l3U;
aud Dakota, 1910.